Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of electricity generation in this country now relying on non-fossil fuel sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55630/22]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the national electricity grid is currently made up of alternative forms of electricity generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55631/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 163 and 164 together.

The percentage of non-fossil fuel electricity generation over the period January to September 2022 is approximately 37.6%.

This data is publicly available from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland at the following link: www.seai.ie/data-and-insights/seai-statistics/monthly-energy-data/electricity/